Melatonin inhibits matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity by binding to its active site

Reprint of “On the Size of the Active Site in Proteases. I. Papain”

(2012) Israel Schechter   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Downregulation of matrix metalloproteinase-9 by melatonin during prevention of alcohol-induced liver injury in mice

(2011) Amartya Mishra et al.   BIOCHIMIE

New paradigms in chronic intestinal inflammation and colon cancer: role of melatonin

(2011) Virginia Motilva et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin as a natural ally against oxidative stress: a physicochemical examination

(2011) Annia Galano et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin, the circadian multioscillator system and health: the need for detailed analyses of peripheral melatonin signaling

(2011) Rüdiger Hardeland et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Molecular pathways involved in seasonal body weight and reproductive responses governed by melatonin

(2011) Perry Barrett et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Matrix metalloproteinases in health and disease: regulation by melatonin

(2010) Snehasikta Swarnakar et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH

Melatonin protects against alcoholic liver injury by attenuating oxidative stress, inflammatory response, and apoptosis

(2009) Shilian Hu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility

(2009) Garrett M. Morris et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

Melatonin ameliorates experimental hepatic fibrosis induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats

(2009) Ru-Tao Hong et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Matrix metalloproteinase-9 and metalloproteinase-2 activity and expression is reduced by melatonin during experimental colitis

(2008) Emanuela Esposito et al.   JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH